I think the best we can hope for today is to bowl Notts out for not much more than a 200-220 lead and hope they do not score too quickly. We then need to bat out the rest of the day and hope the weather forecast for tomorrow is correct. You might notice a lot of 'Hopes' in there, yes that is all I have from this game so far.

Even if the conditions for batting were worse than ours, it's always a lot easier batting in the 2nd innings. The bowlers know they need wickets but have to not concede runs as well and it isn't just a case of 'Do as the opposition did', Notts know they just have to bat time and 50 overs will give them a good lead. Fernando just keeps the tradition of poor overseas choices that the club make, thank god he is not here all season. Notts might even declare at some point tomorrow as Monday looks poor at the moment.

Tomorrow looks like a decent day but Monday looks poor so hopefully we can get some bowling points and a draw, that would definitely do from here as we are not going to get anything for batting.

You get the feeling we will struggle and then conditions will be a lot better when they come in. It might not be but it's something I really hate about the game, we'll see.

When you say 'In the Flesh', are referring to the 1977 Pink Floyd tour or the fact that you are coming to the game to strip off down to your Mankini. If it is the second one, please don't sit at the city end, they can be brutal.

Thanks to Andy for reminding me of the 1 wicket win v Gloucestershire in 1999, shouldn't have forgotten seeing as I was actually there on that last day, Giles, slog-sweeping a 6 for the winning runs.

I can remember a few 2 wicket wins but the last 1 wicket win I can remember, Lancashire 1986 with Anton Ferreira and Adrian Pierson getting us through.

We didn't take 20 wickets but we still won. Well done YouTube cricket for allowing us this privilege.

*** hell, yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!

Agree with LeicesterExile, Doggett and Hogg have bowled some dross and look like a couple of club bowlers but glad Doggett didn't jump all over the place as though he bowled a snorter after the wicket.

Just when you begin to think of the possibility of a win, a wicket falls. I hate it if we lose close games, would much rather get well beaten rather than 30-50 runs which I regard as close, it makes all the hard work seem pointless.

I think we should now just look to survive the day, that would be a good result from here.

We should take comfort that Smith and Booth batted for a long time when we were in trouble. The Durham attack if you take out Potts, is not that good really, I hope we take our time and wear their bowlers down a bit.

Bedingham might hold the key now, a superb batsman and capable of taking the game away from us and we do not want any tailwagging after this.

Booth is making my praise of him yesterday, make me look good. It had to happen one day, I remember when we signed Jeetan Patel, "Why, his first-class record is awful, Can't really see him being a success". Duh!

Gave it away as the commentator said. Another wicket we again give to a very ordinary bit of bowling.

And before you know it the 8th wicket puts on over 50.

From 174-2, we will take 249-7, well done bowlers, now lets get rid of this tail which has been a problem for a few seasons.

Fernando has played Test cricket but his record is not that good, he is no Chaminda Vaas.

Pity we lost the toss but 2 down for 104 is better than 120-0. Good that Booth got a wicket, he got undue criticism on here last week, he was tidier than other bowlers v Sussex and beat the bat many times more than most of the other bowlers.